Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Extremely Basic Make Money Online Wisdom

By Joe Hendrickson

Doesn't it seem like completely bad news in the news these days? Every night and 10PM I watch the nightly news cast and hear nothing but more economic despair an job loss. So what can everyday people do to make a little money on the side and get back on their feet? The answer is online, and it is called "internet marketing." It's where the rescue lines are being thrown; here's how.

The world of the web is not the vast empty space that it once was. There are many more people online that have staked a claim. However, we're not overcrowded yet, and there are literally millions of ways to take your piece of the online pie.

Interestingly enough, making money on the web is pretty simple when boiled down. However, I have found many beginners who try and jump in and succeed at every possible avenue immediately and they quickly become failures and casualties. Don't be one of those people. Keep it simple and stick to the basics when you are first starting out.

Here are just a few of the very simple and primary keys to making a living on the net.

1) The primary focus in the beginning has to be on key words. Keywords are the terms that people use to find what they are looking for. In addition, you need to think hard about your key words and see if there is money in them. Someone looking for "car loans" is for sure looking to obtain one. Someone looking for information on "Abe Lincoln Bio" is most certainly just wanting some free information. Do you catch the secret there? You want to target those buying keywords.

2) The next piece we need in this puzzle is the knowledge of how to get our website to rank high up in the search results for our chosen money keywords. It would be really hard to rank for "car loans" so we need another plan. Let's look at something in the same field but more specific. A great example would be "car loans Fishers, In." This is what we call a long tail and I am almost certain we could rank for it. There would be less competition and we could own that phrase! Long tails are where it is at for beginners.

3) Now that we have a good longtail keyword, we still have to tell the search engines that our website is all about "car loans in Fishers, Indiana." The was we will do that is to make that the actual title of our site, and we will also draw inbound links from other websites using that keyword. Always remember: he who has the most inbound links, wins! Inbound links tell the search engines that other sites see you as an authority for "car loans Fishers, IN" and thus they will send visitors to you.

4) The final step is to monetize he site and convert the traffic to money. With a long tail keyword like the one we are looking at here, there pobably aren't 5,000 people per days looking for that. But if there are just 30 per week, and 10% of them will ask for a lead to a car loan company that pays your for referrals, you can be in the money!

Finally, I need you to slow down your thinking and reason a minute. What I have given you here is just the very very basic beginnings of making money online. I definitely don't want you to go out and charge the gates of the internet with nothing more than your little website and a prayer. It takes work and this information is designed to get your thinking along the right lines. If you persevere and stick to it, someday you will be financially free! - 15224

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